Wal- und Delfinschutz-Forum (WDSF)
Hagen (ots) - Unperturbed by warnings and protests from the "Whale and Dolphin Conservation Forum (WDSF)", the German cruise companies AIDA, TUI and Hapag Lloyd still want to stop at the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, even though there is a high risk that passengers may become eye witnesses to cruel, bloody ...
Berlin (ots) - The Berlin Wall has long been torn down. But there are still original pieces 25 years after the fall. In Berlin-Teltow you can even paint on them yourself. Elmar Prost clearly has a lot of fun giving visitors tours through his Wall parkas he goes through a gap between two colourfully painted Wall pieces. Up until 25 years ago, these divided East and West Berlin from each other. There were no gaps and no possibility of getting through them. Now they are ...
München (ots) - From 19.09. to 04.10.2014, all through the Oktoberfest period, the motto at the Löwenbräukeller on Stiglmaierplatz is once again "party without a closing time?. For the 7th time 'Das "Wiesnzelt? am Stiglmaierplatz' will celebrate as late as the dirndls and lederhosen can keep it up. The cult band ...
Ringier Axel Springer Media AG
Zurich (ots) - Robert Felus (45), is to become new editor-in-chief of Fakt. He succeeds Grzegorz Jankowski (45) who is leaving Fakt at his own request after more than 10 years in this position. From 1 June 2014, Robert Felus, one of Poland's most experienced journalists and deputy editor-in-chief of Fakt from 2003 until 2013 and Head of the Sports Newsroom at Ringier Axel Springer Poland since 2013, will be in charge of ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Crytek's award-winning CRYENGINE software launched exclusively on the Steam Store today, enabling developers everywhere to gain royalty-free access to all of its groundbreaking features on a subscription basis. As part of their new Engine-as-a-Service program, Crytek have made CRYENGINE ...
Ringier Axel Springer Media AG
Zurich (ots) - On an initiative from the Blic Foundation, the foundation run by the leading tabloid Blic, owned by the Ringier Axel Springer subsidiary in Serbia, the national and international relief action "Help" has been founded. Children and their families in particular are suffering from the effects of the ...
Berlin (ots) - New CIVIS Cinema Prize goes to "Fack ju Göhte" Eight European radio and TV programmes as well as one Web portal were honoured on Thursday evening (8.5.) in Berlin with the renowned CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity. Two of the awards, which are endowed with prizes of 3,000 Euros per category, went to productions from ...
Cologne (ots) - The DocCheck Community reached the magic number of one million users in April, putting it in a clear pole position among European healthcare communities. DocCheck has been providing GPs, consultants, students, pharmacists, nurses, pharmacy technicians and paramedics with healthcare-related news and services for more than 15 years. Launched in 1996 with ...
Sankt Augustin (ots) - The Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences expands its portfolio for international professionals by introducing the new study programme "Analysis and Design of Social Protection Systems" (MA) "The goal is to enable students from various countries to analyse social protection systems and design them in light of the national needs and capacities," claimed Professor Dr Esther Schüring, ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - An Unrivalled Twenty-five Offices Certified Across Europe and Beyond JTI (Japan Tobacco International) was recognized as the third Top Employer in Europe during an awards ceremony held yesterday in London. Twenty-five[i] JTI offices across Europe and beyond were certified by the Top Employers Institute for their excellence in people management. The survey results were confirmed by an independent ...
Hamburg/Kiel (ots) - In »World Ocean Review 3«, maribus has published a profound analysis of the opportunities and risks associated with the use of the oceans. The hunger of mankind for raw materials continues unabated. Oil consumption has doubled since the early 1970s, and the demand for mineral resources is increasing with the ever growing use of metals, such as ...
Vienna, Austria (ots) - The Vienna Tourist Board is relying on global access in its Vienna Tourism Strategy 2020: travelers from all over the world, tourism experts and the Viennese have been invited to take part in an ideas competition for new, unconventional and provocative proposals for the destination Vienna. The best of these will be built into Vienna's strategic ...
Zurich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2014 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. The prize, which is endowed with a cash award of one million Swiss francs, recognizes the work of scholars devoted to promoting the successful development and life chances of children and youth. Experts and professional organizations all over the world who are engaged in research on children and youth are ...
Cologne (ots) - CIVIS again recognizes programme contributions on radio, film and television as well as in the internet which promote the peaceful coexistence of people of the most varied national, ethnic, religious or cultural origins. Closing-date for entries is January 20, 2014. The CIVIS Media Prizes are ...
Plan International Deutschland e.V.
Hamburg (ots) - In 2014, the Ulrich Wickert Foundation, like in the year before, will bestow the "Ulrich Wickert Award for Child Rights" on journalists. By bestowing this award - totalizing prize money of 18,000 euros - the foundation wants to honour media contributions that raise awareness for the situation of ...
Jena (ots) - 5-year results of international TARGIT-A clinical trial support targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT) delivered with the ZEISS INTRABEAM as non-inferior to external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for selected early stage breast cancer patients. Results of the TARGIT-A clinical trial published in The ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Osnabrück (ots) - German president presented Europe's most lucrative environmental prize today in Osnabrück - DBU confers award German President Joachim Gauck today commended the new winners of the German Environmental Award of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) for their courage in taking on conflicts to promote their visions and in overcoming obstacles. ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Frankfurt (ots) - Warface, the new online FPS from Crytek, is now live and playable for free in North America, Europe and Turkey on GFACE. Players can gain instant access to the game by signing up at www.warface.com. Warface blends Crytek's trademark quality with instant accessibility, and can be enjoyed by shooter fans directly in their PC browser. The game features a ...
BG ETEM - Berufsgenossenschaft Energie Textil Elektro Medienerzeugnisse
Frankfurt (ots) - Films and multimedia applications are vital instruments of safety and health at work. Whether for the purpose of increasing risk awareness on the part of employees or providing information on comprehensive safety topics: moving images support the transfer of knowledge. Media makers have to keep ...
München (ots) - A beer-tent feeling with no closing time Wednesdays to Saturday from 18.30 From the 20.09 to 05.10.2013 it will once again be the "party without end" during the whole Oktoberfest in the Löwenbräukeller on Stiglmaierplatz. This is already the sixth time we have celebrated the Oktoberfest in the "Wiesnzelt" on Stiglmaierplatz with traditional Bavarian dresses and Lederhose. The cult band "Barfuss", will ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Munich (ots) - The F24 Alert! app is the first milestone in F24 AG's innovation drive for 2013 F24 AG announces the release of F24 Alert! a native app for iOS, available for FACT24 users as from 1st September, 2013. The app can be downloaded free from the App Store. The F24 Alert! app enables users to undertake professional alarm management when on the move. Alarms can be activated via the app using a smartphone or tablet ...
Berlin (ots) - Eight European radio and television programmes have been honoured with the award of the renowned CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity. The prize-giving ceremony and TV gala was held in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on Thursday evening. The prizes, endowed with 3,000 Euros per category, this year went to productions ...
Cologne (ots) - A total of 631 programmes have been submitted as entries in the European CIVIS Media Prize 2013 for Integration and Cultural Diversity. Programme makers and broadcasting companies from all over Europe will be competing for Europe's most important media prize for integration and cultural diversity. ...
Berlin (ots) - Team 11 of the Axel Springer Akademie has been awarded the European Newspaper Award in the online category for its website www.zoom-berlin.com. The award is one of the most important competitions of this kind in Europe. For their cross-media project, the young journalists placed a single street in the focus of an entire website for the first time ever, thereby setting standards in so-called hyperlocal ...
Ringier Axel Springer Media AG
Zurich (ots) - The owner and publisher of the leading Serbian daily newspaper BLIC strongly rejects the allegations made against the paper. The Serbian media of Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, especially the leading tabloid BLIC and its employees, have been exposed to baseless accusations and defamation over the ...
FEWD Forschungsstelle für Ethik u. Wissenschaft im Dialog, Universität Wien
Wien (ots) - A recent Austrian and Dutch study shows that the production of one kilogram of beef in Brazil produces 335 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2), which corresponds roughly to the emissions of driving an average European car for more than 1600 kilometres. Even Dutch beef still amounts to 22 kilogram CO2 or 111 kilometres in a car. Kurt Schmidinger from the ...
